Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CUXTON

CUXTON, a parish in North Aylesford district, Kent; on the river Medway, and the Strood and Maidstone railway, 2¾ miles SW by S of Strood. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Rochester. Acres, 1, 756; of which 70 are water. Real property, £2, 189. Pop., 441. Houses, 81. The property is divided among a few. The surface is hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £346.* Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is ancient. There is a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cuxton CP/AP       Strood RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place: Cuxton

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